Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Tampa Bay 5,
Minnesota 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, March 4, 2021
Where: CenturyLink Sports Complex, Fort Myers, Florida
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - John Bacon, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Jeremie Rehak
Attendance: 2156
Where: CenturyLink Sports Complex, Fort Myers, Florida
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - John Bacon, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Jeremie Rehak
Attendance: 2156
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Dalton Kelly | PR-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Moises Gomez | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Francisco Mejia | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Blake Hunt | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Kevin Padlo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Willy Adames | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Greg Jones | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Manuel Margot | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .429 |
| Nathan Lukes | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Vidal Brujan | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Esteban Quiroz | PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Joshua Lowe | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Ryan Boldt | RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Ji-Man Choi, Randy Arozarena, Moises Gomez, Francisco Mejia, Manuel Margot 2, Joshua Lowe | |||||||||
| RBI - Randy Arozarena (1), Francisco Mejia (1), Yandy Diaz (2), Willy Adames (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Willy Adames (1), Manuel Margot 2 (2), Vidal Brujan (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Yandy Diaz (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Manuel Margot (1, 2nd off Robles/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Tyler Zombro (1), Blake Hunt (1), Kevin Padlo (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Luis Patino (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tyler Zombro (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Stetson Allie | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brian Moran | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kenny Rosenberg | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Louis Head (SV 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ryan Yarbrough 16-8, Luis Patino 10-7, Tyler Zombro 27-17, Stetson Allie 17-5, Brian Moran 25-15, Kenny Rosenberg 14-7, Louis Head 26-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ryan Yarbrough 1-0, Luis Patino 0-2, Tyler Zombro 2-1, Stetson Allie 2-1, Brian Moran 0-2, Kenny Rosenberg 1-0, Louis Head 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ryan Yarbrough 4, Luis Patino 4, Tyler Zombro 6, Stetson Allie 5, Brian Moran 5, Kenny Rosenberg 5, Louis Head 6 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 |
| Nick Gordon | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Alex Isola | DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Drew Maggi | PR-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .125 |
| David Banuelos | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| Travis Blankenhorn | PR-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Alex Kirilloff | DH-1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Rob Refsnyder | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| JT Riddle | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Keon Broxton | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Kirilloff (1), Tzu-Wei Lin (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Isola, Jorge Polanco, Travis Blankenhorn, Alex Kirilloff 3, Keon Broxton, Tzu-Wei Lin 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Byron Buxton (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Max Kepler (3), Ryan Jeffers (3), Alex Kirilloff (1), Rob Refsnyder (1), JT Riddle (1), Keon Broxton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Byron Buxton (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - JT Riddle (1, 2nd off Allie/Mejia), Keon Broxton (1, 3rd off Rosenberg/Hunt), Tzu-Wei Lin (1, 2nd off Rosenberg/Hunt) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jorge Polanco (1), JT Riddle (1), Ryan Jeffers (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kenta Maeda | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hansel Robles (L 0-1) | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.20 |
| Juan Minaya | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 |
| Jorge Alcala | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Francisco Mejia (by Maeda) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kenta Maeda 33-21, Hansel Robles 26-18, Taylor Rogers 24-14, Tyler Duffey 16-12, Juan Minaya 13-9, Jorge Alcala 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kenta Maeda 4-1, Hansel Robles 2-1, Taylor Rogers 3-0, Tyler Duffey 1-0, Juan Minaya 2-1, Jorge Alcala 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kenta Maeda 9, Hansel Robles 7, Taylor Rogers 6, Tyler Duffey 4, Juan Minaya 4, Jorge Alcala 4 | ||||||||